us-005578-irn84610
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Hermanus (Herman) and Marie Rosenberg Messcher lived on 34 Statenweg in Rotterdam in the Netherlands with their four children: Frits (born July 11, 1936), Martijn (born January 17, 1934), Carola (Carry; born December 31, 1937) and Martha (born October 25, 1942). Herman worked for the Jewish council in Rotterdam. Herman was arrested and sent to Westerbork on March 6, 1943. Marie, Frits, Martijn, and Martha were sent to Westerbork on May 6, 1943; Carola, who was living with the Den Hartogh family in Amsterdam, was arrested later and joined her family at the camp. The youngest child, Martha, died in Westerbork on June 6, 1943. The rest of the family was deported to Theresienstadt in February 1944, where Herman died in April. Marie and the children were sent to the Czech family camp in Birkenau on May 16, 1944 and were killed when the family camp was liquidated on July 7, 1944.
date: 1943 April 04
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn84610
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of two photographs of the Messcher children; one photograph of Frits Messcher (b. 1936) and Martijn Messcher (b. 1934), and one photograph of Martijn holding his infant sister Martha (b. 1942). The photographs were taken in Rotterdam on April 4, 1943. In the photographs, the children are wearing the Jewish star (Magen David).
title: Messcher family photographs